Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for ventricular assist devices (VAD). VADs are a type of mechanical hemodynamic support device that helps increase blood flow in people who have ventricles that are not work properly due to heart failure, cardiogenic shock, cardiomyopathy or myocardial infarction. Most often these devices support the left ventricle, so they are often referred to as left ventricular assist devices (LVAD). VADS come in two types, surgically implanted, usually as a bridge to heart transplant, and percutanenous catheter-based pumps used for temporary hemodynamic support. Examples of temporary percutaneous pumps include the Impella and TandemHeart devices.

 

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February 3, 2009 - Bioheart Inc. has arranged with its Italian partner, Biomedica, for a complete grant-supported ...

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January 12, 2009 - Influenza, strep throat and the common cold afflict many people during the winter months, yet viral ...

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December 31, 2008 - ZOLL Medical Corp. said today Provena St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin, IL implemented the company’s ...

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December 8, 2008 - There has been much discussion in recent weeks of the 14-year-old patient from Holtz Children’s ...

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November 24, 2008 - Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, NJ said this week it successfully debuted the new ...

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November 6, 2008 - Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, CA was selected earlier this week by Abiomed Inc. as a “Center ...

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November 4, 2008 - Terumo Heart Inc. said the first DuraHeart Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) was implanted in ...

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October 30, 2008 - Thoratec Corp. this week notified healthcare professionals of a worldwide correction of the HeartMate ...

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October 23, 2008 - SynCardia announced that on Oct. 15, Dr. Lars Wiklund, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at ...

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October 21, 2008 - Terumo Heart Inc. said today five patients have received the DuraHeart Left Ventricular Assist System ...

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October 17, 2008 - Berlin Heart Inc. said yesterday that its EXCOR Pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) has ...

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October 9, 2008 - Datascope Corp. said today it will sponsor a 300-patient, randomized clinical trial in high-risk acute ...

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October 2, 2008 - ZOLL Medical Corp. said today the Kuopio University Hospital (KUH), one of the largest hospitals in ...

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October 1, 2008 - Abiomed Inc. recently completed shipment of its Impella 2.5 Cardiac Assist Device to its 100th U.S ...

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September 30, 2008 - The HeartAssist 5 Pediatric VAD will be introduced for the first time in the U.S. Oct. 2-4 at the ...

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